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Monday, November 24, 2014

Week 15 National Prep Football Poll released

WAUKEE, Iowa -- The 15th National Prep Poll of the football season includes the return to the Top 25 of two teams that were nationally ranked earlier this season. No. 24 Hudson (Ohio) inched back into the national poll after advancing to the Division I state semifinals. The Explorers would likely move much higher if they defeat No. 20 St. Edward (Lakewood) this Saturday. Also returning was No. 25 Chandler (Ariz.). The Wolves are playing in their first state championship game against rival Hamilton (Chandler) on Friday.

^National
Prep Football Poll – Week 15=^By
Jamie DeMoney=

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The National Prep Football Poll is
compiled by Jamie DeMoney of XOS Digital with input from sportswriters,
experts, and coaches. The national Top 25 and regional Top 10's follow with
won-loss records:

#25.
Chandler, Ariz. (12-1), avenged lone loss to Mountain Pointe and reached
Division I state final

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^Northeast=

#1.
Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter's Prep, 10-1

#2.
Paramus, N.J., Paramus Catholic, 9-1

#3.
Gibsonia, Pa., Pine-Richland, 13-0

#4.
Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco, 7-3

#5.
Oradell, N.J., Bergen Catholic, 8-3

#6.
Buffalo, N.Y., Canisius, 10-0

#7.
Philadelphia, St. Joseph’s Prep, 8-3

#8.
Warminster, Pa., Archbishop Wood, 11-1

#9.
Red Bank, N.J., Red Bank Catholic, 10-1

#10.
Westwood, Mass., Xaverian Brothers, 10-0

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^East
Coast=

#1.
Duncan, S.C., Byrnes, 12-1

#2.
Virginia Beach, Va., Ocean Lakes, 12-0

#3.
Irmo, S.C., Dutch Fork, 11-2

#4.
Chesapeake, Va., Oscar Smith, 11-1

#5.
Durham, N.C., Southern, 13-0

#6.
New Bern, N.C., 13-0

#7.
Charlotte, N.C., Mallard Creek, 12-1

#8.
Charleston, W.Va., Capital, 11-0

#9.
Damascus, Md., 12-0

#10.
Germantown, Md., Northwest, 11-1

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^Southeast=

#1.
Moultrie, Ga., Colquitt County, 12-0

#2.
Miami, Booker T. Washington, 12-0

#3.
Buford, Ga., 12-0

#4.
Starkville, Miss., 13-0

#5.
Miami, Central, 11-1

#6.
Pinson, Ala., Clay-Chalkville, 13-0

#7.
Daytona Beach, Fla., Mainland, 12-0

#8.
Metairie, La., Archbishop Rummel, 11-0

#9.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., St. Thomas Aquinas, 11-1

#10.
Hoover, Ala., 11-2

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^Midwest=

#1.
Lakewood, Ohio, St. Edward, 11-2

#2.
Carmel, Ind., 13-0

#3.
Hudson, Ohio, 13-0

#4.
Kimberly, Wis., 14-0

#5.
Lincolnshire, Ill., Stevenson, 13-0

#6.
Cincinnati, Moeller, 10-3

#7.
Cincinnati, La Salle, 12-1

#8.
Clarkston, Mich., 13-0

#9.
Huber Heights, Ohio, Wayne, 12-1

#10.
Macedonia, Ohio, Nordonia, 13-0

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^Midlands=

#1.
South Jordan, Utah, Bingham, 13-1

#2.
Webb City, Mo., 14-0

#3.
St. Louis, Christian Brothers, 13-0

#4.
Omaha, Neb., North, 12-0

#5.
Prairie Village, Kan., Shawnee Mission East, 12-0

#6.
Provo, Utah, Timpview, 14-0

#7.
Eden Prairie, Minn., 13-0

#8.
West Des Moines, Iowa, Dowling, 13-1

#9.
Greenwood Village, Colo., Cherry Creek, 10-3

#10.
Wichita, Kan., Bishop Carroll, 12-0

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^Southwest=

#1.
Las Vegas, Bishop Gorman, 13-0

#2.
Allen, Texas, 12-0

#3.
Manvel, Texas, 12-0

#4.
Dallas, Skyline, 12-0

#5.
Southlake, Texas, Carroll, 12-0

#6.
Chandler, Ariz., 12-1

#7.
Tulsa, Okla., Union, 11-1

#8.
Cedar Hill, Texas, 10-2

#9.
Euless, Texas, Trinity, 11-1

#10.
DeSoto, Texas, 10-2

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^West
Coast=

#1.
Concord, Calif., De La Salle, 11-0

#2.
Bellflower, Calif., St. John Bosco, 11-1

#3.
Bellevue, Wash., 12-0

#4.
Folsom, Calif., 12-0

#5.
Corona, Calif., Centennial, 10-2

#6.
Mililani, Hawaii, 12-0

#7.
Bothell, Wash., 12-0

#8.
Long Beach, Calif., Poly, 11-1

#9.
La Puente, Calif., Bishop Amat, 9-3

#10.
Oceanside, Calif., 11-0

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FEATS OF THE WEEK: South Jordan, Utah,
Bingham became the first Top 25 team to post a state championship this season.
The ninth-ranked Miners knocked off American Fork, Utah, 20-3, for their second
consecutive 5A state crown and fourth in six years. ... Regionally-ranked
Kimberly, Wis., notched its 28th straight win with a 31-6 blowout of
Hartland, Wis., Arrowhead in the Division 1 state championship. It’s the fourth
state title in eight years for the Papermakers. ... Regionally-ranked Eden
Prairie, Minn., became the first large-school team in its state to win four
state titles in a row. The Eagles held off Fridley, Minn., Totino-Grace, 28-27,
in the 6A final. The game was played at TCF Bank Stadium, which was hosting
Minnesota’s first outdoor football title games since 1981. ... West Des Moines,
Iowa, Dowling re-joined the regional rankings after a 49-14 rout of
previously-unbeaten Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Washington, for the Class 4A state
title. It was the second straight crown for Dowling, which got 213 total yards
and four touchdowns from Iowa-committed senior quarterback Ryan Boyle. ...
Mililani, Hawaii, will finish the season ranked for the first time after
upsetting then-No. 19 Honolulu, Punahou, 53-45, in the Division I state
championship. Junior McKenzie Milton tossed seven touchdown passes to lead Mililani.
... Junior Mason Fine of Locust Grove, Okla., set his state’s single-season
record for passing yards during a 40-32 win over Tulsa, Okla., Berryhill. Fine
threw for 301 yards in the game, upping his season total to 4,261 yards. His 64
touchdown passes this year is also a state record.

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Features Syndicate, Inc...endit

Compiled weekly weekly since 1987 and distributed by World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press, the National Prep Poll is the nation's second oldest weekly high school sports rankings. Doug Huff compiled the rankings from 1987 until 1999. Jamie DeMoney has compiled the poll since the start of the 1999 basketball season to the present.

PrepNation.com was originally launched August 1, 2001 by Jamie DeMoney for the purpose of creating a permanent online home for the National Prep Poll football and boys basketball rankings.

The National Prep Poll is the only high school poll distributed to newspapers and websites around the United States by the Associated Press.

Among the criteria used in the weekly compilation of the National Prep Poll rankings are strength of schedule, the ability to accomplish the ultimate goal on a team's schedule (i.e. winning a championship), impact players and performers, a team's coaching and recent tradition.